Movers and Shakers Church education chief to lead school admissions adjudicator The Reverend Nigel Genders will be the new chief schools adjudicator, the education secretary has announced Freddie Whittaker 4w Freddie Whittaker 4w News Call for local education partnerships to fill ‘policy vacuum’ left by trusts Local groups of schools are ‘providing the missing link’ in a ‘fragmented’ system, say ex-ed sec and Ofsted chair,… Freddie Whittaker 4w Freddie Whittaker 4w Movers and Shakers Paul Smith to be a CEO again with move to EMET Former regional schools commissioner set to lead 24-school Midlands trust, it has been announced Jack Dyson 4w Jack Dyson 4w Academies Exclusive RISE support trust refused new schools over ‘not strong enough’ outcomes Government officials raise ‘quality’ concerns as they tell trust ‘sustained improvement’ needed to grow Jack Dyson 4w Jack Dyson 4w Attendance The school running parent absence awareness courses Primary school’s initiative is being shared across the borough of Camden as part of best practice guidance Ruth Lucas 1mo Ruth Lucas 1mo Home education Investigation Safeguarding risk data missing from councils’ home education records Dozens of LAs hold no data on at-home kids potentially at risk, suggesting councils ill-prepared for new duties Freddie Whittaker 1mo Freddie Whittaker 1mo Ofsted Exclusive More collaborative, more pressure: Heads issue report cards on new Ofsted inspections Here’s what five leaders inspected under the new regime had to say about their experience… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Schools Exclusive PFI firm in school repairs row plans to dissolve Stoke-on-Trent City Council says firm responsible for maintaining 88 schools to shut amid row over who covers outstanding repairs Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo School improvement RISE advisers reveal ‘hostility’ from ‘stuck’ schools Leaders from the government’s improvement scheme tell of early difficulties in winning over schools deemed in need of support Jack Dyson 1mo Jack Dyson 1mo Behaviour Schools say classrooms are calmer, but no change in behaviour disruption The government’s national behaviour survey shows an improving picture, but seven minutes are still lost to behaviour for every… Samantha Booth 1mo Samantha Booth 1mo Ofsted Ofsted confirms state school inspections to resume on December 1 Routine inspections have been paused since July but will resume next month Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Exclusions Suspension rates fall for first time since Covid lockdown Exclusion rates for last Autumn also fell to pre-pandemic levels Freddie Whittaker 1mo Freddie Whittaker 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1,016 Older
